chains are suggestions:

14 minutes
the hound howls at
the wind chimes
until her owner
yanks her chain
and even then
she refuses 
to abandon
her wails

our tongues lack bones
so they won't break

hence gods and reichs demand
incessant whispers chants shouts

after all
silence isn't possible
you can still snarl muzzled

freedom then is what you refuse
to abandon

—for Addison Radle